Exhibits, Collections and Awards
Bonita L. Marks aka "LU"
E-mail: [email protected]
E-mail: [email protected]
Exhibits
• 2023 Members' Showcase Exhibit, Durham Art Guild (DAG), Truist Gallery, Jan-Mar 2023. Mixed Media (acrylic paint, ink, granular gel), Family Huddle. • 68th Annual Juried Durham Art Guild (DAG) Exhibit, Nov 2022-Jan 2023, Durham, NC Mixed Media, Metamorphosis • Fusion Art's 3rd Annual Women Artists International Online Juried Exhibit, Sept-December, 2020, Mixed Media (collage and ink), Paris Tour • Contemporary Art Gallery Online (CAGO) Waterscape International Juried Competition and Exhibit, August 2020, 3D Mixed Media, Flooded • Durham NC Art Council (DAC) "Our House" Covid 19 Virtual Student Art Exhibit, U-Tube, July 2020, Charred • NC State Fair, Raleigh, NC Fine Arts Division, acrylic on canvas, October 2019, Purple Barns • NC State Fair, Raleigh, NC First Place Award, Holiday Mixed Media Division, October 2019, Critter Holiday Paradise, mixed media: acrylic and collaged materials on canvas. • CAGO Art Gallery ,Online International Juried Competition and Exhibit, Fall 2019, Blue Egret Standing Watch • Pleidas Art Gallery Juried Exhibit, Truth to Power 7, July 2019, mixed media: watercolor, acrylic, ink on paper, Broken Promise • Carrboro NC ArtCenter, Curated Community Exhibit, March 2019, mixed media: acrylic, ink, ceramic tiles, cardboard on hardboard, Charred • Carrboro NC ArtCenter, Curated Community Exhibit, December 2018, mixed media: acrylic, watercolor, and ink, Big Bird • NC State Fair, Raleigh, NC. Fine Arts Exhibit, October 2018, acrylic on canvas, Girl Gone Fishin' • Hillsborough NC Gallery of the Arts "Resolutions" Juried Exhibit, January 2018, mixed media collage: watercolor, ink on paper; Apocalypse • NC State Fair, Raleigh, NC October 2017, mixed media: collaged materials, acrylic and ink on canvas, Mount Trashmore • Carrboro NC ArtCenter, March 2017, Student Show, monoprint, ink on paper, Angel Fish • Carroboro NC ArtCenter, March 2017, Student Show, collograph mixed media cardboard plate, Shipwrecked • Carrboro NC ArtCenter, March 2016, Student Show, mixed media: tempra and ink painting on paper, In Flight |
In Private Collections
• Boston, MA, RFK Portrait, oil on canvas board, 1969
• Boston, MA, Sailing Seascape, oil on stretched canvas, 1970
• Pittsburgh, PA, Fishing on the Beach, oil on stretched canvas, 1972
• Pittsburgh, PA , Springboard Diver, pencil drawing on paper, 1975
• Los Angeles, PA, Motorcyclist , pencil drawing on paper, 1976
• Pittsburgh, PA, Sitting Bull, portrait, charcoal and pencil drawing on newsprint paper, 1979
• Minneapolis, MN, Tarheel to Mayo, mixed media: acrylic, ink, collage on hardboard, 2016
• Chapel Hill, NC, Buttercups, acrylic on stretched canvas, 2016
• Chapel Hill, NC, Xena the Warrior Princess, acrylic pet portrait on stretched canvas (cat), 2016
• Chapel Hill, NC, Transitions, mixed media on paper (watercolor, ink), 2017
• Troy, NY, A Long Winter's Nap, mixed media on canvas (acrylic, ink, bead, fern collage), 2017
• Oak Island, NC, Approaching Storm Barnscape, watercolor on paper, 2017
• Chatham, NC, Night Vision, acrylic on canvas, 2018
• Chapel Hill, NC, Maddie, acrylic pet portrait on stretched canvas (chocolate lab), 2019
• Pittsburgh, PA, Corey, pastel pet portrait (dog) on sanded pastel paper, 2020
• Acton, Maine, TigerLily, acrylic pet portrait on wood linen canvas panel (tabby cat), 2021
• Winston Salem, NC, Clarice, acrylic pet portrait on linen stretched canvas (german shepard puppy), 2021
• Winston Salem, NC, Tuck Meets Buck, colorized graphite pet portrait on sanded pastel paper (pyrenees mix mountain dogs), 2021
• Chapel Hill, NC, Baby Zoli, pastel pet portrait on pastelbord (kitten), 2022
• Durham, NC, Marigold, acrylic pet portrait on linen stretched canvas (cat), 2022
• Durham, NC James Bond and Earl Grey, graphite with colorization on illustration board (cats), 2022
• Minneapolis, MN, Aurora, pastel/charcoal pet portrait on illustration board (dog), 2022
• Durham, NC Peppermint Patti, acrylic pet portrait on linen stretched canvas (black lab dog), 2023
Awards
• Special Merit Award, Acrylic Painting, "Low Tide", Light Space & Time Gallery, 13th Annual "Seascapes" Online Art Competition, May 2023
• Special Recognition Award, Acrylic Painting, "America in Chaos", Light Space Time Online Art Gallery, Open Art Exhibit, November 2020.
• Third Place, Mixed Media Collage, Social Conscious Division,"Here There Everywhere", Contemporary Art Gallery Online Exhibit Competition, November 2020
• Fifth Place, 3D Mixed Media, "Flooded", Contemporary Art Gallery Online (CAGO) Waterscape International Juried Exhibit, 2020
• First Place. Mixed Media, Holiday Theme, Mixed Media (collage and acrylic painting), "Critter Holiday Paradise", NC State Fair, Raleigh, NC 2019
• Third Place, Mixed Media, "Blue Egret Standing Watch", Contemporary Art Gallery Online (CAGO), International Juried Animal Exhibition, 2019
• First Place, Pumpkin Carving, University of Pittsburgh Bicentennial Celebration,1986
• Honorable Mention, Ancient Greek Olympic Wrestlers and Discus Thrower, Charcoal Drawings on hardboard, Junior Classical League Art Competition,1971
• Honorable Mention, Wire Sculpture, Home Builders Association,1969
• Special Recognition Award, Acrylic Painting, "America in Chaos", Light Space Time Online Art Gallery, Open Art Exhibit, November 2020.
• Third Place, Mixed Media Collage, Social Conscious Division,"Here There Everywhere", Contemporary Art Gallery Online Exhibit Competition, November 2020
• Fifth Place, 3D Mixed Media, "Flooded", Contemporary Art Gallery Online (CAGO) Waterscape International Juried Exhibit, 2020
• First Place. Mixed Media, Holiday Theme, Mixed Media (collage and acrylic painting), "Critter Holiday Paradise", NC State Fair, Raleigh, NC 2019
• Third Place, Mixed Media, "Blue Egret Standing Watch", Contemporary Art Gallery Online (CAGO), International Juried Animal Exhibition, 2019
• First Place, Pumpkin Carving, University of Pittsburgh Bicentennial Celebration,1986
• Honorable Mention, Ancient Greek Olympic Wrestlers and Discus Thrower, Charcoal Drawings on hardboard, Junior Classical League Art Competition,1971
• Honorable Mention, Wire Sculpture, Home Builders Association,1969